FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Shady Valley Bogs CLOSED to all Public Access

["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Area Birders:

Tennessee Nature Conservancy bog sites in Shady Valley, TN have been closed to 
public
access, according to Charles McQueen who manages Shady Valley preserve 
properties 
for TNC.  The decision has been made due to extensive vandalism.

A Conservancy lawyer has determined that the properties must be closed for all 
public
use in order to enforce protection of the properties.  Any entry must be 
approved with
TNC in advance on an individual basis.

This closure applies to all birders for whatever reason and whatever hours and 
includes
not just birders but all persons.   

The Conservancy is in the process of making arrangements needed to gate, 
or chain and/or post properties.

Field trips sponsored and conducted this weekend by the Tennessee 
Ornithological Society
and accompanied by leaders will be permitted to access the bogs for the purpose 
of birding
the areas.

Let's go birding . . .

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN